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702563
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b524752
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| Main Entry
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Resnik, David B
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| Title & Author
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Owning the genome : : a moral analysis of DNA patenting /\ David B. Resnik
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, [2004]
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, ©2004
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xiii, 235 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0791459314
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: 0791459322
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: 9780791459317
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: 9780791459324
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction and overview -- DNA and biotechnology -- DNA as intellectual property -- Arguments for DNA patenting -- Patenting nature? -- DNA patents and human dignity -- DNA patents and scientific progress -- DNA patents and medicine -- DNA patents and agriculture -- Conclusions and policy recommendations
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| Abstract
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"DNA patenting has emerged as a hot topic in science policy and bioethics as private companies and government agencies spend billions of dollars on genetic research and development in a race to identify, sequence, and analyze DNA from human, animal, and plant species. David B. Resnik's Owning the Genome explores the ethical, social, philosophical, theological, and policy issues surrounding DNA patenting and develops a comprehensive approach to the topic. Resnik considers arguments for and against DNA patenting and concludes that only a patent on a whole human genome would be inherently immoral, while the morality of other DNA patents depends on their consequences for science, medicine, agriculture, industry, and society. He also stresses the importance of government regulations and policies in order to minimize the harmful effects of patenting while promoting the beneficial ones. Book jacket."--Jacket
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Biotechnology industries-- Law and legislation-- United States
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Human genome, Patents-- Moral and ethical aspects
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Patent laws and legislation-- United States
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Recombinant DNA, Patents-- Moral and ethical aspects
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DNA-- United States
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Patents as Topic-- ethics-- United States
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Biotechnology-- ethics-- United States
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Genome-- United States
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Public Policy-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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346.7304/86
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| LC Classification
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KF3133.B56R47 2004
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2005 C-328
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QU 58.5R434o 2004
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